[“If I show up, unannounced, at the White House, could I get in?” Turns out this was no idle speculation. It was an actual bet, between Shaq and one of his handlers, with the loser owing the winner 1,000 push-ups…”I went to the gate,” he said. “They were nice. They said, ‘Shaq, we can’t do it.’ I said, ‘I understand.’ Understood.”]

You owe me a thousand Big Fella.

He did get into the WWE ring though, as I’m sure you heard, and was about the only thing worth watching. Hasn’t been the same since the Macho Man.

[“I made it through the entire show. But the truth is, if it wasn’t for Shaq, I wouldn’t have made it.”]

And while Shaq continues to make noise and news on the regular, LeBron James continues to make headlines as well, despite his summer of silence. This time its contract talk, and Danny Ferry’s dropping no comments as well.

About Brendan Bowers

I am the founding editor of StepienRules.com. I am also a content strategist and social media manager with Electronic Merchant Systems in Cleveland. My work has been published in SLAM Magazine, KICKS Magazine, The Locker Room Magazine, Cleveland.com, BleacherReport.com, InsideFacebook.com and elsewhere. I've also written a lot of articles that have been published here.